1. MICROCATHODE-COLD GAS HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM – BRICSAT Presenter: MIDN Jacob Pittman United States Naval Academy

2. AMODS  Autonomous Mobile On-Orbit Diagnostic System  Concept  Mission  Spacecraft Proprietary – United States Naval Academy2

3. Rendezvous and Docking Proprietary – United States Naval Academy3 Russian Soyuz TMA Spacecraft

4. BRICSat  Operational Objective  Constraints Proprietary – United States Naval Academy4

5. Operational Outline Proprietary – United States Naval Academy5

6. Requirements for Propulsion  Volume  Mass  Total Δ V  Control  Force Proprietary – United States Naval Academy6

7. Current Cold Gas Systems - Δ V ModelSizeMassI sp Force AFRL- Vacco AFRL PUC1U+835 (dry)167 m/s70 s5.4 mN Vacco MiPS1U+1420 (wet)78 m/s40 s10 mN TethersHydros1U-100+ m/s300 s< 800 mN 7 [i] [i] Vacco.com, http://www.cubesat-propulsion.com/propulsion-unit/. [ii] [ii] Vacco.com, http://www.vacco.com/images/uploads/pdfs/MiPS_standard_0714.pdf [iii] [iii] Tethers.com, http://www.tethers.com/SpecSheets/Brochure_HYDROS.pdf Proprietary – United States Naval Academy

8. Current Cold Gas Systems - Maneuvering Proprietary – United States Naval Academy 8 ModelSizeMassI sp Force Vacco NASA CPOD 0.8U1244 g~50 m/s40 s0.025 N Busek Micro Resistojet 1U1250 g60 m/s1500.010 N Vacco/ JPL MarCO MIPS 2U3490 g188 m/s-- [i] [i] Vacco.com, http://www.cubesat-propulsion.com/reaction-control-propulsion-module/ [ii] [ii] Busek.com, http://www.busek.com/index_htm_files/70008518B.pdf. [iii] [iii] Vacco.com, http://www.cubesat-propulsion.com/jpl-marco-micro-propulsion-system/

9. Electric Propulsion  Micro-Cathode Arc Thruster  Developed By the Micro-Propulsion and Nanotechnology Laboratory at The George Washington University Proprietary – United States Naval Academy9

10. BRICSat - P Proprietary – United States Naval Academy10

11. Thruster Performance Proprietary – United States Naval Academy11

12. Integration Proprietary – United States Naval Academy12

13. Analysis Proprietary – United States Naval Academy13

14. Analysis Proprietary – United States Naval Academy14

15. Operational Modes  Close Proximity  Solo  Composite Unit  Phasing Proprietary – United States Naval Academy15

16. Conclusion  BRICSat’s Propulsion System  Accurate  Precise  Controllable  Small Proprietary – United States Naval Academy16

17. Questions? Proprietary – United States Naval Academy17